East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk.

Field, Michael; Gibson, Sebastian M.; Gibbard, Philip L.

doi:10.1515/acpa-2017-0002

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“…The advancing ice was stopped by the Jurassic escarpment at Daventry, Fenny Compton and Moreton-in-Marsh, which first formed a major barrier to ice advancing during the Late Wolstonian Substage. By contrast, during the Anglian Stage, glaciation in English West Midlands was of limited extent, with reported evidence of glaciation limited to Quinton [ 21 ], Nechells [ 15 ] and Gilson [ 7 , 67 , 68 ] (figures 1 and 14 ). At that time, the Jurassic escarpment was substantially more subdued, having not yet fully developed by periglacial weathering and erosion, suggesting that the Anglian glaciation was less influential in the region, with the majority of sediments being eroded by succeeding glaciation to limits further south during the Late Wolstonian Substage.…”

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“…9: 220312 Formation) and Wolstonian (Ridgeacre Till Formation) stages [15,21]. It is also important to emphasize here that the Hoxnian Interglacial sediments reported at the Gilson locality, near Coventry underlie Wolston Formation-equivalent sediments [7,67,68], thus providing an additional fixed point in the apparent lack of independent stratigraphical control within the sequence.…”

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“…The first was immediately post-glacial maximum in the Moreton-in-Marsh area with lake waters overflowing through the Moreton Gap (137 m OD) and incising into the Moreton moraine [13,134]. The second, at a height of 129 m OD, [68,132,133] and in the west [1,6,13,26,36,67,131,134]. Inset shows the Moreton moraine, modified from Bishop [13] and Sumbler [134] (see appendix A).…”

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“…Moreover, the sites at Quinton and Nechells, near Birmingham, which preserve temperate interglacial lake deposits correlated to the Hoxnian Stage, both overlie and underlie glacial deposits that represent evidence of glaciation across the region during both the Anglian (Nurseries Till Formation) and Wolstonian (Ridgeacre Till Formation) stages [ 15 , 21 ]. It is also important to emphasize here that the Hoxnian Interglacial sediments reported at the Gilson locality, near Coventry underlie Wolston Formation-equivalent sediments [ 7 , 67 , 68 ], thus providing an additional fixed point in the apparent lack of independent stratigraphical control within the sequence.…”

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“…(b) The Wolstonian Stage glacial maximum during the Moreton Stadial in the English West Midlands. The glacial maximum is modified from: in the east[68,132,133] and in the west[1,6,13,26,36,67,131,134]. Inset shows the Moreton moraine, modified from Bishop[13] and Sumbler[134] (see appendix A).…”

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Timing and dynamics of Late Wolstonian Substage ‘Moreton Stadial’ (MIS 6) glaciation in the English West Midlands, UK

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Glaciation during the late Middle Pleistocene is widely recognized across continental northwest Europe, but its extent and palaeoenvironmental significance in the British Isles are disputed. Although glaciogenic sediments at Wolston, Warwickshire, in the English West Midlands, have been used to define the stratotype of the Wolstonian Stage, their age has been variably assigned between marine isotope stages (MIS) 12 and 6. Here we present sedimentological and stratigraphical observations from five sites across the English West Midlands whose chronology is constrained by new luminescence ages from glaciofluvial sediments, supplemented by cosmogenic 36 Cl exposure dating of erratic boulders. The ages suggest that between 199 ± 5 and 147 ± 2.5 ka the British Ice Sheet advanced into the English West Midlands as far south as Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. This advance is assigned to the Moreton Stadial of the Late Wolstonian Substage. Dating of the glaciation to this substage allows correlation of the Moreton Stadial glacial deposits in the English West Midlands with those of the Drenthe Stadial during the Late Saalian Substage across continental northwest Europe.

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Palaeoenvironmental history of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gilson, Warwickshire, England: part of the High Speed Two railway route alignment

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2023

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The investigation of a hillside at Gilson (Lat. 52.510341, Long. ‐1.718313), southwest of Coleshill, Warwickshire (within the High Speed Two railway ‘Delta Junction’ compound), England, has yielded evidence of sedimentation during a temperate stage. The site's stratigraphy starts with the aggregation of cold‐climate sand and gravels deposited during the Anglian Stage within the proto‐Tame and proto‐Blythe palaeovalleys. A warm‐climate period is recorded by the infill of organic material representing the second half of the Hoxnian interglacial Stage. Picea, Abies and Pinus dominate vegetation within a swamp‐like environment, before a Pinus forest develops in the upper part of the organic sequence. The following cold‐climate period saw incision and aggregation of the surrounding region throughout much of the Wolstonian and Devensian Stages, where much of the overlying silt, sand and gravel were reworked under intense periglacial conditions. Presented here is a geophysical examination of the shallow basin by ground‐penetrating radar undertaken to understand the spatial distribution and stratigraphical history of the basin. The deposits at Gilson provide a valuable stratigraphic marker in the glacial sequence of the English West Midlands and are correlated to similar deposits at neighbouring Quinton and Nechells. At these regional sites organic accumulation occurred for most of the temperate stage, infilling lake basins. These sequences indicate an environment dominated by pollen of Abies, Quercus, Ulmus and Corylus woodland vegetation. These assemblages differ markedly from those typically found in the last interglacial and confirm correlation to the Middle Pleistocene Hoxnian interglacial Stage (c. MIS 11c).

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Late Middle Pleistocene sequences in the lower Ob’ and Irtysh (West Siberia) and new multi-proxy records of terrestrial environmental change

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East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk.

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Timing and dynamics of Late Wolstonian Substage ‘Moreton Stadial’ (MIS 6) glaciation in the English West Midlands, UK

Timing and dynamics of Late Wolstonian Substage ‘Moreton Stadial’ (MIS 6) glaciation in the English West Midlands, UK

Palaeoenvironmental history of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gilson, Warwickshire, England: part of the High Speed Two railway route alignment

Late Middle Pleistocene sequences in the lower Ob’ and Irtysh (West Siberia) and new multi-proxy records of terrestrial environmental change

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